What is the name of your state? Florida
I have a son who is almost 17yo now. I have been receiving child support since he was 2 yo. The child supp was based on my ex's income at that time, which was minimum wage and part time. It was set at $43.38 a week. Shortly after, me ex got a better job and before long was making in excess of $50000 a year, some years as much as $70000. I NEVER raised his support, due to the sole fact that we were supossed to alternate claiming him on taxes each year, but he had given me written permission to solely claim him and I always have with no problems.
For 4 years, he had given me $40 every two weeks($20 week) extra as my son got older. Which was very helpful, and my payments never stopped.
Recently he has started his own business, and although I understand his payout in bills is $15000 a week(He brags that to me ) he is not paying support at all to me. He is behind $200 in the "personal" payments and 5 weeks behind in the regular payments. When I called him to inquire, he got angry(due to the stress) and stated that last year he had taken the year off to go to school to become certified for opening his business, and only had a W2 for $150, and if I reported him, I would be screwing myself!
Is this true??Although for 14 years he grossed a ton of $$$, one year at $150 is enough to screw me???
I promised to never raise his support out of greatfulness for the tax break, but if added correctly, he would owe me a ton of much needed money, as 16 yo are not cheap! I dont want to be like this, but he has no intentions of payin me what he owes me and as his business gets deeper involved and as he hires new help, more payroll, my son will be 18 and payments will stop.
My son is pretty expensive and is the one suffering through this. I have less gas $ to give him, he dirtys more clothes then I do which I spend utilities washing, the 2 or 3 showers a day, the a/c, the FOOD he eats, etc.
What do you suggest??
Because even with the extra $20 a week, was not compared to what the courst would have set the amount for, even including my income!
I have a son who is almost 17yo now. I have been receiving child support since he was 2 yo. The child supp was based on my ex's income at that time, which was minimum wage and part time. It was set at $43.38 a week. Shortly after, me ex got a better job and before long was making in excess of $50000 a year, some years as much as $70000. I NEVER raised his support, due to the sole fact that we were supossed to alternate claiming him on taxes each year, but he had given me written permission to solely claim him and I always have with no problems.
For 4 years, he had given me $40 every two weeks($20 week) extra as my son got older. Which was very helpful, and my payments never stopped.
Recently he has started his own business, and although I understand his payout in bills is $15000 a week(He brags that to me ) he is not paying support at all to me. He is behind $200 in the "personal" payments and 5 weeks behind in the regular payments. When I called him to inquire, he got angry(due to the stress) and stated that last year he had taken the year off to go to school to become certified for opening his business, and only had a W2 for $150, and if I reported him, I would be screwing myself!
Is this true??Although for 14 years he grossed a ton of $$$, one year at $150 is enough to screw me???
I promised to never raise his support out of greatfulness for the tax break, but if added correctly, he would owe me a ton of much needed money, as 16 yo are not cheap! I dont want to be like this, but he has no intentions of payin me what he owes me and as his business gets deeper involved and as he hires new help, more payroll, my son will be 18 and payments will stop.
My son is pretty expensive and is the one suffering through this. I have less gas $ to give him, he dirtys more clothes then I do which I spend utilities washing, the 2 or 3 showers a day, the a/c, the FOOD he eats, etc.
What do you suggest??
Because even with the extra $20 a week, was not compared to what the courst would have set the amount for, even including my income!
